Razor-strop.



R. L. SMITH.

RAZOR STROP.

APPLmATInN FILED MAY13,1909,

958,443. Patented Mar, 29, `1910.

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UNITED Stearns ra'rENT OFFICE.

ROBERT L. SMITH,A 0F INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.

RAZOR-STECF.

Epcotilcationof Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 29, 1910.

Application filed May 13, 1909, Serial No. 495,590.

razor a keen edge, and thus take the place of a hone.

The chief feature of theinvention consists in fermin a Single razorstro) out of two stri s of l baerr to back. formed simply of leather,and the other has an abrading material in it, such as powdered emer'y,or the like. This abrading material is hold` imposition by one of' thestrips of leather being. provided with a large, number ofeonieali holeswhieh are filled with pow dared emery, andthen the two Strips aregl'neditogetheigtle ernery being between the two-'stati s and: workingthrough small outlets'off tlie holes in the outer surface o'l' saidatrial) offl'eatliei'-,

te fully nat'ure of the invention will he understoodl from theaeoompanying drawings and: the following deseriptioii' and claims, Y

lhtfliwdnwingsyltlignre l ia a plan view offsait? rascor strop,oeutralltI hrolten' :tw-.ty :indi show-ingitle' alianpeniug;4 sidethertaif,

whiclioontnins'emerry. Fig: QSHow'the re t verso side thereof forgiriine'a4 keen edge to `tlelilln'le.- Fig. 3s a transverse'seetion onthe line 3&--34 ofE li lr; l, inverted; however, ,"-laaidtlonva` largerscali'r for the salte of? clear rieles,

'Ifhismeer4 twofsimilar strips of`` lea-ther lille (.Pdhfarjt razorsirops. lt'artl'ler llll ierovidbdlwith aigreat munber oflooniezlliol ,a'lllliat-fare large onone side stiflopia conatineted by taking 10 andlll eut andiamo verye'miauteon Ilia' other side of aail` ennuie;4 of"these.,`

SMITH, of i ather, secured o1' g ned together f,

One surface of the strop is l The Strip of table or the like, and is'covered with powdere emerytl, or like comminuted nbrading material, andrubbed in so that aan] abrading material will fill all the holes. lThena coating of glue or cement. t4, or like etrong adhesive. material, isspread over the inner surface of said leather strip lt and =over thepowdered emery 13, and the other the razor andl sharpen it.

leather s tri) is a plied thereto with the iuner unfinis ed side uponsaid glue-covered surface of the leather strip 11 and the two leatherstrips are firmly pressed together, so that they will be securelyy gluedtogether. The glue or cement. 14 is s own exaggerated iu Fig. 3 for thesake of elearuesa, but iu practice the layer of glue would not be.relatival)Y as thick as there Shown.

I do not wish to be limited to any partit-u- :m5v particular abradingmaterial, as all that is r uired is that the unliniahetl inner sides oft e two strips of leather be firmly united, with powdered emery, or thelike, held in place between the strips of leather with `the outlets forthe emery through ont)r one of the strips of leather.

'lhis razor strop will be an conrtuiient` to earr and handle as aIaiufrle strip of leather. andvetV it will novitle otlra sharpeningsurface and Va teeuing Surface. the razor i9. ltroketl over the. Sharening Surface gether, or

ar material for securing the said strips tocontaining the emery, very sight'. particles,

thereof will `prot-rude through they openings in the leather so as to`engage the surfare of The. emery will he held in the conical openingsfmm escape so that it will nemain there ,a long time until the razorV.st'ia would'otherwise we .r oulf'l-"lpis strop will thus do the work,for harhea` :flinl tothers' of the lionefzujglA the-can raaatrapeonnno'n y used. ,f

ll'hat l claim as my invention' and desire to aeeureby Letters Patent.is: L

l. A razorstrop including a strip-of leather provided with eoniealVholes` having the apexV thereof' in the tuished side of the leather,ahradim materialin said holes, and flexible materia adhering to theunfinished aide of the strip ofi leather for holding the 'Xahratlngmaterial in Saidiholes.

m2, A1-amr strop including a.` strip of ltratlittf irovr'led witheoniealholes having the apex thereof in the finished-side of theleather, abrading materal'in saidholes, and anotherleather stripwithfits unfinished side iside*- oftle"latlierdowrrward upon the ladhering to the untnished side of the leather llt) strip containing theholes, whereby the nbrading materlal will be held in lace and a singlerazor strop be formed wit 1 one side adapted to sharpen the razor andthe other side adapted to finish the edge thereof.

3. A razor strop including two similarly formed leather strips placedwith their unfinished inner surfaces against each other, conical holesin one of said leather strips with the apex in'the outer finishedsurface thereof, abrading material in said holes, and

adhesive material covering ilus inner sur faces of said stvius forsecuring ilwm in gether into a Siu e razor sirop.

In Witness W ereof, I have hereunto 15 affixed my si nature in thepresence of thv witnesses helen named.

ROBER'1` L. SMITH.

`' Wtnejrses G. H. Boum, O. M. MCLAUGHLIN.

